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PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

M. 0. FELKER.

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APPLICATION FILED 001219. 1906.

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WHIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed October 19, 1905. Serial No, 283,369.

To aZZ whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELANOI-ITHON O. FELKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicora, in the county of Butler and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWhips, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in horsewhips, particularly ofthe kind known as "carriage and buggy whips.

The invention consists, essentially, in a means of building up theload-rod cheaply and quickly to a proper diameter and properconformation or taper to fill the interior of an expensive and finishedhandle-say a celluloid handlemade with a thin wall, so that sive type ofhandle.

while having the required diameter or size it will still also be verylight and thin for purposes of economy in the cost of such expen- In themanufacture of fine whips with celluloid, ivory, or other highlyexpensive coverings or handles proper much expense is entailed in theproduction and use of this one feature.

It is to preserve the body and finish so obtained and yet eliminate byfar the larger part of the cost of such a handle that my invention isdesigned. This I accomplish, as attested in actual manufacture, by themeans hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim. I may add, however, that I also utilize this invention forthe purpose of .building up a load-rod even in cases where some othercharacter of finish to the handle is employed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggy orcarriage whip. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of thehandle and a small portion of the body of such whip, showing myimprovements; Fig.3, an enlarged view showing a rod wrapped or built upaccording to my i11- vention and of length sufficient to constitute twoload-rods, and Fig. 4 a'detail enlarged view of a building-up sheet.

The letter A designates a carriage or buggy whip preferably having anexpensive and ornamental handle proper composed of a celluloid or ivorytapering tube B. The body of the whip carries a screw-threaded band C,on which is screwed one end of a coupling D, the other end of thecoupling being fitted over the part B and secured upon it and thebuilding-up filling by being swaged or otherwise forcibly indented intothe same, as shown at E but in respect to these matters other forms ofconstruction may be employed to unite the whip-body with the handleportion.

The letter F designates the load-rod, composed, preferably, of a sectionof steel or other heavy material possessing strength also. In practiceit is more economical to construct the load of a solid bar or rod ratherthan in tubular formas, for instance, of sheet-steel bent into suchform. I therefore prefer a solid-steel load-rod but the required size ofthis load-rod is so much smaller than the required size of the expensiveand ornamental covering or handle proper, B, when the same is made withits wall thin enough to be economical that resort must be had to meansfor building up the load-rod of the required size, as well as therequired shape, to readily enter and fill up such covering. This Iaccomplish by means of one or more layers or sheets of material,preferably paper, out in the form shown at G in Fig. 4. This building-upsheet has its opposite sides H parallel, or substantially so, for aportion of its length say about one-third. This much of the sheet is ofa width slightly in excess of the length of the load-rod, the excessallowing for trimming off. The load-rod is then wrapped with thebuilding-up sheets, with the rod in the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 4. In this way the whole length of the rod is built up while apart of the sheet is being wound 011 it. Then from the point I on thesheet to its end J the rod is built up less and less from one end towardthe other until finally when the whole sheet is Wrapped on the rod ithas the tapering form indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 and is not only of theshape, but also of the size required to enter and fill completely,solidly, and firmly the thin tubular covering or handle proper, B, beinginserted into its larger end. Glue or some other adhesive is used on thebuilding-up sheet to make the coils adhere together. For convenience inmanufacture two or more loadrods are so built up at once and then therod severed to make separate loads. Usually two or three sheets arestuck together and wound on the rod at the same time, so as to morerapidly build it up.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the larger end of the coveringB is provided with a finishing-cap K, which is compressed down on thecovering and built-up portion, as seen at L, to secure the cap. A rubbertip M may be inserted between the end of the cap and the end of the loadto close the cap and to form a cushion against marring the cap when thewhip is inserted into the socket or is allowed to strike the floor orground.

Thus it will be seen that by my improved means of building up a whipload-rod I effect great economy and at the same time make a firm andexactly-suitable structure for the purpose intended. It will beunderstood that I may utilize this built-up load-rod in connection withother kinds of final handlecoverings than that above set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a Whip, the following devices: a loadrod, a strip of material forbuilding up a filling on said load-rod composed of a sheet hav ing oneedge substantially straight throughout its length, and the other edgesubstantially parallel thereto for a part of its length and thencerunning obliquely toward the first-named edge, whereby when said stripis wound on said rod the filling to the extent of a portion of itsthickness will be equally built up over the whole length of the rod, andthence will be built up and finished in a tapering form, a rigidthin-walled tubular covering fitted over said built-up filling, and acoupling having one end secured upon said covering and the other endextending beyond the same for attachment to a whip-body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELANCHTHON O. FELKER.

I/Vitnesses:

A. FLEEGER, A. E0011.

